Franciscan Virtue
Spiritual Growth and the Virtues in Franciscan Literature and Instruction of the Thirteenth Century
Biographical note
Krijn Pansters, Ph.D. (2007) in History, Radboud University Nijmegen, is Assistant Professor at the Franciscan Study Centre (School of Theology, Tilburg University) in Utrecht. He has published extensively on medieval mentality and religious culture.
Readership
All those interested in medieval mentality, religious culture, theology and virtue ethics.
Reviews
“ original both in theme and approach” … the book offers “an innovative rereading of some of the thirteenth-century Franciscan sources in a way that appeals to today’s readers.”
Benedict Vadakkekara, Rome. In: Collectanea Franciscana 82 (3-4), pp. 787-788.
Benedict Vadakkekara, Rome. In: Collectanea Franciscana 82 (3-4), pp. 787-788.
Table of contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Virtue
1. Background
2. Material Object
3. Selection – Authors and Sources
4. Selection – Virtues
5. Problems of Research – Contents
6. Problems of Research – Canon
7. Method
8. Formal Object
9. Medieval Virtue
10. Franciscan Virtue
2. Virtues (Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, David of Augsburg)
1. Charity
2. Obedience
3. Goodness
4. Truth
5. Faith
6. Humility
7. Joy
8. Poverty
9. Penance
10. Peace
3. The Virtue of Virtue
1. Configuration
2. Conceptualization
3. Systematization
4. Elaboration
5. Progression
6. Perfection
7. Contextualization
8. Conclusion
Appendices
1. The Virtues in the opuscula sancti Francisci Assisiensis
2. Bibliographical Overview
3. Instances of habitus datus
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
1. Francis giving his mantle to a poor man. Giotto, San Francesco, Assisi
2. Bonaventure. Victor Crivelli, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
3. David of Augsburg. In: Dominicus Custos, Sancti Augustani. Die Augspurgischen Heilligen (Augsburg 1601)
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Virtue
1. Background
2. Material Object
3. Selection – Authors and Sources
4. Selection – Virtues
5. Problems of Research – Contents
6. Problems of Research – Canon
7. Method
8. Formal Object
9. Medieval Virtue
10. Franciscan Virtue
2. Virtues (Francis of Assisi, Bonaventure, David of Augsburg)
1. Charity
2. Obedience
3. Goodness
4. Truth
5. Faith
6. Humility
7. Joy
8. Poverty
9. Penance
10. Peace
3. The Virtue of Virtue
1. Configuration
2. Conceptualization
3. Systematization
4. Elaboration
5. Progression
6. Perfection
7. Contextualization
8. Conclusion
Appendices
1. The Virtues in the opuscula sancti Francisci Assisiensis
2. Bibliographical Overview
3. Instances of habitus datus
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
1. Francis giving his mantle to a poor man. Giotto, San Francesco, Assisi
2. Bonaventure. Victor Crivelli, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris
3. David of Augsburg. In: Dominicus Custos, Sancti Augustani. Die Augspurgischen Heilligen (Augsburg 1601)
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